HARTFORD — There was more to Monday's game than just points, rebounds and a final score.

In fact, the reason that Maryland and UConn played for the first time in women's basketball was the fact that ESPN wanted an intriguing matchup to be part of the Jimmy V Classic to continue paying tribute to the former coaching great, Jim Valvano, who died of cancer in 1993.

UConn was an easy choice given both the prominence of the Huskies' program and the fact that Coach Geno Auriemma has been a huge supporter of the Jimmy V Foundation.

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